Offseason Position Discussion : RP

First I'd like to thank the Nats for doing next to nothing this off-season so we can get through all this without being interrupted.  Much appreciated

The Nats 2024 was a stop gap year in relief where they brought in some older guys they never meant to keep and traded out some assets at the end of the year. Outside of Kyle Finnegan and Jose Ferrer there wasn't much of a plan.  They signed a weaker set of guys in 2025 and hoped for the best.  It didn't happen. The Nats had arguably the worst relief pitching in basebal in 2025. 

Presumed Plan : 

Clayton Beeter and pray for rain?  If there's a place where "plan" is going to far, it's the bullpen where the Nats are going with a bunch of untested arms because why sign anyone? It doesn't matter! <insane laughter as fans go mad> 

Reasoning behind Presumed Plan : 

It's basically a given that the place you try to save money is in the pen.  You don't know how much you will use them. Guys can have weirdly good performances out of nowhere.  It makes sense if you feel the need to cheap out somewhere to do it there. The Nats have historically felt that way since riding out actual good pens very early in the "Strasburg Window".  

 

Of course that was Rizzo and it's possible the new management feels differently. So we don't know. But it does seem clear that money isn't going to be spent so why assume it would be spent here?  

My Take : 

Jesus Christ this could be bad.  They were the worst last year and right now they are putting no effort into making it better. 

From the comments some of you seemed resigned to a terrible team to the point where you are like "signing anyone would actually be a mistake!"  Stop that. That's owner talk.  They have money. They can make the team good here and there (another bat, another arm, a few more bullpen arms) and not block anyone. Playing bad kids isn't helping anyone. Playing a ton of cheap talent to "see what you have" is not to find something good but to pay people nothing for a year without getting yelled at. Yell.  

 If the Nats aren't going to try to be playoff worthy that's a decision I'll accept in the "that's what teams do" way.  But if they aren't going to try to be major league worthy - nah.  I'm not down for that. 

 Anyway sign a couple of real arms for the pen!  They need them!  Desperately!